Musée Marmottan Monet

About the museum

The museum is housed in a 19th-century townhouse near the Jardin du Ranelagh in Paris. Jules Marmottan, an industrialist and art lover, bought the property in 1882 and gathered there paintings of the early Italian masters, statuettes and tapestries. After his death in 1883, his son Paul Marmottan inherited it. An art historian specialising in the Consulate and the Empire, he enriched the collections with Empire-style furniture, sculptures and paintings, including Napoleon I’s bed.

Paul Marmottan bequeathed the house and its collections to the Académie des beaux-arts, which inherited them on his death on March 15, 1932. The Musée Marmottan opened to the public on June 21, 1934. The Academy’s first gifts concerned early 19th-century art; from 1938 onwards, the second half of the century was added, with gifts from Victorine and Eugène Donop de Monchy that gradually steered the museum towards Impressionism.

Today the museum holds the largest collection of works by Claude Monet in the world, bequeathed by the painter’s family. It comprises around a hundred masterpieces, including Impression, Sunrise, views of Rouen Cathedral and a group of Nymphéas. The museum also presents an important ensemble of works by Berthe Morisot, as well as works by Gauguin, Renoir and Caillebotte, and the Empire salons of Paul Marmottan. It is part of the foundations of the Académie des beaux-arts.

Highlights

• Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
• The largest Monet collection in the world, with the Nymphéas and views of the garden at Giverny
• The works of Berthe Morisot
• The Empire-style salons of Paul Marmottan, with Napoleon I’s bed
• Impressionist paintings by Gauguin, Renoir and Caillebotte

Founded

1934

Operated by

Académie des beaux-arts (Institut de France)

Admission & discounts

The ticket gives access to the permanent collections and the temporary exhibitions. Tickets bought online give skip-the-line access with a time slot every 15 minutes; they are neither exchangeable nor refundable. Tickets bought at the museum are valid only on the day of purchase. Teachers, job seekers, recipients of minimum social benefits, journalists, licensed guides, ICOM members and members of the Amis du Musée Marmottan Monet are also admitted free, with proof.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Most galleries are accessible to visitors with reduced mobility (ground floor, Monet room, temporary exhibition). The permanent collection galleries on the first floor are reached by a lift that must be used standing. Wheelchairs are available at reception. Reserved parking spaces and areas for adapted minibuses are located in front of the museum.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Stroller-friendly

“Les P’tits Marmottan”: workshop tours of 1 hour 30 minutes for ages 4 to 6 (10:30) and 7 to 12 (15:00) on Wednesdays and during school holidays, €12 per child, without accompanying adults. Family tours of 45 minutes on the last Saturday of the month at 10:30. Strollers are allowed in the museum. Family tour prices are €20 for one child with one adult, €9 for each additional child and €15 for each additional adult.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Pop-up café “Le Jardin Marmottan” during the summer season. Museum shop.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

Up to 180 guests.

Dinners, cocktails and breakfasts in the Claude Monet gallery (cocktails for up to 180 people, dinners up to 120), the Paul Marmottan dining room (up to 20 people, 40 on request) and the large landing (breakfast for up to 120).

Plan your visit